Dimitris Eleftheropoulos withdrew from the
squad before the Albania match because of
injury.

Fyssas, Panayiotis

12-Jun-1973

27

D

Panathinaikos FC

3

0

Georgiadis, Georgios S.

08-Mar-1972

30

M

FC PAOK Thessaloniki

35

10

Georgios Georgiadis was suspended for the
England match after incurring a second caution in the competition in the
Albania match.

Giannakopoulos, Stelios

12-Jul-1974

26

M

Olympiakos Piraeus CFP

12

3

Goumas, Yannis

24-May-1975

25

D

Panathinaikos FC

15

0

Karagounis, Georgios

06-Mar-1977

24

M

Panathinaikos FC

9

0

Katergiannakis, Theofanis

16-Feb-1974

27

G

FC Aris Thessaloniki

6

0

Konstantinidis, Konstantinos

31-Aug-1972

28

M

Hertha BSC Berlin,
Germany

29

1

Konstantinos Konstantinidis withdrew from the
squad before the Albania match because of injury.

Player

Birthdate

Age

Pos

Club

App

G

Konstantinidis, Pantelis

16-Aug-1975

25

M

FC PAOK Thessaloniki

10

0

Lakis, Vassilis

10-Sep-1976

24

M

AEK Athens

9

2

Lymberopoulos, Nikos

04-Aug-1975

25

F

Panathinaikos FC

32

7

Machlas, Nikos

16-Jun-1973

27

F

Amsterdamsche Football
Club Ajax, Netherlands

53

17

Mavrogenidis, Dimitris

23-Dec-1976

24

D

Olympiakos Piraeus CFP

23

1

Nikopolidis, Antonis

14-Oct-1971

29

G

Panathinaikos FC

13

0

Ouzounidis,
Marinos

10-Oct-1968

32

D

Paniliakos FC

49

4

Patsatzoglou, Christos

19-Mar-1979

22

D

Olympiakos Piraeus CFP

9

0

ChristosPatsatzoglou was suspended for the England match after
incurring a second caution in the competition in the Albania match.

Venetidis, Stelios

19-Nov-1976

24

D

FC PAOK Thessaloniki

18

0

Venetidis withdrew from the squad
just before the England match because of injury.

Vokolos, Leonidas

31-Aug-1970

30

D

Panathinaikos FC

4

1

Vryzas, Vizis

09-Nov-1973

27

F

AC Perugia, Italy

21

3

Zagarakis, Theodoros

27-Oct-1971

29

M

AEK Athens

58

0

Zikos, Andreas

01-Jun-1974

26

M

AEK Athens

14

0

Andreas Zikos was added to the squad
by late call before the Albania match but walked out of the squad after
that match, unhappy about lack of playing time.

All information
includes Greece's match against Albania.

Notes

Wednesday,
16 May 2001 - Greece coach Vasilis
Daniil,
announced a
24-player squad for the two
World Cup 2002 home preliminary matches against
Albania on 2 June and England on 6 June. Newcastle United defender Nikos Dabizas
returned to the
squad after a long-term injury. Ajax striker Nikos Machlas and Paniliakos
defender Marinos Ouzounidis also have returned to the squad. Perugia
forward Zisis Vrizas has been recalled after a highly successful season in Serie
A. The squad is without Olympiakos defender Grigoris Georgatos, who
withdrew himself from selection because he felt he was not psychologically
fit to play as a result of his anguish over his club side's loss in the Greek
cup final, and the country's finest striker, Themistoklis ("Demis")
Nikolaidis of AEK Athens, who has boycotted the national side for the past 18
months in protest against alleged corruption in Greek football.

Saturday, 26 May 2001
- Greece's top goalkeeper Dimitris Eleftheropoulos
will miss the World Cup preliminary matches against Albania on 2 June and
England on 6 June because of a knee injury which has caused him severe pain, according to a statement issued by
his club side, Olympiakos. National team coach Vasilis Daniil will use
his second-choice goalkeeper, Antonis
Nikopolidis of Panathinaikos.

Monday,
28 May 2001 - Coach Vasilis Daniil announced a revised squad for
the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and England following the injury
withdrawals of Olympiakos goalkeeper Dimitris Eleftheropoulos and Hertha Berlin
midfielder Costas Konstantinidis. Daniil has given a late call to AEK
Athens midfielder Andreas Zikos.

Saturday,
2 June 2001 - Greece beat Albania, 1-0, on a goal from Nikos Machlas, but
midfielders Christos Patsatzoglou and Giorgos Georgiadis drew their
second yellow cards of the preliminary competition and will be suspended for the
match against England.

Wednesday,
6 June 2001 - Press reports reveal that midfielder Andreas Zikos, who did
not play against Albania, walked
out of the Greece squad earlier this week after he was told he would not make
the bench as a possible substitute in the England match. Defender Stelios Venetidis aggravated a previous injury in the squad's last
training session last night and will not be available for tonight's match.